milkshakelake Thanks for all your help and everyone else’s. I think at this point this has gone about as far as it can go.
I’m going to let my boss know the options are to
1. Get out of it somehow.
2. Sub it out.
3. Delay permit and hire someone quickly with multi family experience.
In regards to the podium,
I had run through a ram Concrete/frame combined with a ram concept analysis at least on building 2. It did ok, but I was not thrilled with it as the code is a little mum on a flat plate structure acting as a moment frame and I was basically relying 100% on software...
I am not worried at all about finding a job. I get to work from home a lot and am basically in charge. I am getting an opportunity now that people with twice my experience don’t get. Also, if I find a way to weather the storm, this would obviously be the only multi family project we would ever...
I agree detail 7 does not make much sense and I’m going to switch it to normal platform framing with a kicker. If the arch refuses, then I’ll have to balloon frame it with a ledger like at the balcony. Good call on the other items too.
As for shear transfer at the footings, the issue is I am...
My original manager and coworker that did the lateral design were engineers with 30 years experience each. They mismanaged it early by bowing to every request by this absurd architect and owner/developer. Currently, there is not one employee other than myself who has any structural engineering...
Let me try to give a little back story and clarify some points.
1. I knew this job would be coming back at some point for the last 9 months. I was not sure when. I begged upper management to get rid of this job when we had the chance (client did not pay for a couple years). I also begged to get...
I have (3) buildings, buildings 1 and 2 are (3)-stories over a concrete podium. Building 3 is 4 stories of wood. The issue is, the original designers at my company that did a lot of the lateral design had never designed any type of wood building, and have since left the company. I am the only...
